B-Brussels: study on workers' mobility

Country:

Belgium

City/Locality:

BRYJELLES

Notice/Contract Number:

eu:158995-2008

Publication Date:

Jun 21, 2008

Buyer:

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Original Language:

English

Address:

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
BRUSSELS , Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale / Arr. van Brussel-Hoofdstad
Belgium

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Notice Type: C398
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Contract award
Regulation of Procurement: European Institution/Agency or International Organisation
EU Official Journal Publication: 120/2008
, #
158995-2008
Referenced Document Number: 185941-2007
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Contract awards
Type of Bid Required: Not defined
Awarding Criteria: The most economic tender

Summary:
Contract award notice
Services
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s): European Commission,
Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities DG, attn: Ms Wallis
Goelen, Head of Unit EMPL/D/3, Rue Joseph II 27, 5/51, B-1049
Bruxelles/Brussel. Tel. (32-2) 295 18 27. Fax (32-2) 299 05 08. E-mail:
empl-d3-unit@ec.europa.eu.
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting authority: http://ec.europa.eu.
Address of the buyer profile: http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/
index_en.html.
I.2) Type of the contracting authority and main activity or activities:
European institution/agency or international organisation.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting
authorities: no.
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1) Description
II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Study on workers' mobility.
II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
performance: Services.
Service category: No 11.
Main place of performance: European Economic Area (EEA).
NUTS code BE100.
II.1.4) Short description of the contract or purchase(s): Description of
the tasks — Lot 1: cross-border commuting:
the task of the contractor will be to provide an overview of current
trends and practices as regards cross-border mobility within the EU. Based
on an analysis of existing trends and practices, the contractor will be
invited to analyse new trends and orientations, both:
— on a quantitative basis (numbers of commuting workers, shifts in
mobility flows),
— on a qualitative basis (importance/changes in sectors involved; analysis
of motivations, expectations etc.).
In conducting the study, the contractor will pay specific attention to the
emergence of new cross-border practices among Member States of the EU,
with particular reference to the countries that joined the EU in 2004 and
2007. The study will comprise an analytical evaluation of the importance
of cross-border practices in the development of employment opportunities
in Europe and the progressive emergence of a mobility culture within the
European labour market. Specific attention will be paid in this context to
foreseeable future trends and challenges.
Description of the tasks — Lot 2: short-term international assignments:
the contactor will first of all be is expected to establish a typology of
short term contracts, based on its potential link with geographic and
job-to-job mobility. The typology will include issues such as types of
short term contracts, coverage by main activity areas, motivations to
engage in this type of contract, average duration of the contracts, and
comparison between Member States.
The second part of the project will provide statistical evidence about the
numbers of EU workers engaged in these types of contracts, with particular
reference, where relevant, to the importance of workers from other Member
States. In order to provide the European Commission and other interested
organisations (public employment services, etc.) with up-to-date and
comprehensive statistics on geographic and/or job-to-job mobility, the
study will be completed, where relevant, with suggestions and/or a
methodology, in order to better record the number of mobile workers
engaged in short term contracts, and incorporate them in available
mobility statistics.
Description of the tasks — Lot 3: return after geographic mobility:
the contractor will be expected to provide an inventory of existing or
envisaged practices in EU Member States concerning schemes or initiatives
at national or regional level to facilitate the return and professional
reintegration of workers (and possibly their families) in their home
countries after a period of mobility. Due attention will be devoted in
this respect to the variety of situations faced by individuals and the
different reasons to undertake possible action in this area.
The study will therefore provide in-depth analysis of existing and
forthcoming schemes, with reference to any results achieved so far. Based
on the findings, the study will also look into the feasibility of
expanding one or several schemes among other European countries, as a
means to encourage workers' mobility and to remove remaining obstacles to
mobility. The contractor will likewise look into the possibility to
develop a similar scheme at European level, including possible financial
and implementation mechanisms.
II.1.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV): 773200000, 75100000.
II.1.6) Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
Yes.
II.2) Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1) Total final value of contract(s): Value: EUR 130 601, excluding
VAT.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Type of procedure
IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Open.
IV.2) Award criteria
IV.2.1) Award criteria: The most economically advantageous tender in
terms of:
1. quality of the offer; weighting: 30;
2. methodological approach; weighting: 70.
IV.2.2) An electronic auction was used: No.
IV.3) Administrative information
IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
VT/2007/075.
IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract: Contract
notice number in OJ: 2007/S 150-185941 of 7.8.2007.
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No VC/2008/006
Title: Service study contract — Lot 1 'cross-border commuting'
V.1) Date of contract award: 3.4.2008.
V.2) Number of offers received: 4.
V.3) Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been
awarded: MKW GmbH, Adelheidstraße 6, D-80798 Munich. Tel. (49-89) 27 34 93
40. Fax (49-89) 27 34 93 48. E-mail: info@mkw-gmbh.de. URL:
www.mkw-gmbh.de.
V.4) Information on value of contract: Initial estimated total value of
the contract: EUR 70 000, excluding VAT.
Total final value of the contract: EUR 60 711, excluding VAT.
V.5) The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: No.
Contract No VC/2008/007
Title: Service study contract — Lot 2 'short-term international
assignments'
V.1) Date of contract award: 29.4.2008.
V.2) Number of offers received: 1.
V.3) Name and address of economic operator to whom the contract has been
awarded: University of Warwick, University House, Kirby Corner Road,
Coventry CV4 8UW, United Kingdom. Tel. (44-24) 76 52 41 13. Fax (44-24) 76
52 42 41. E-mail: anne.green@warwick.ac.uk. URL: www.warwick.ac.uk.
V.4) Information on value of contract: Initial estimated total value of
the contract: EUR 70 000, excluding VAT.
Total final value of the contract: EUR 69 890, excluding VAT.
V.5) The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Contract related to a project and/or programme financed by
Community funds: Yes.
Reference to project(s) and/or programme(s): The Decision No 1672/2006
establishing a Community programme for employment and social solidarity —
Progress was adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on
24.10.2006 and published in the OJ on 15.11.2006.
VI.3) Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures: Court of First Instance
of the European Communities, Boulevard Konrad Adenauer, L-2925 Luxembourg.
Tel. (352) 43 03-1. Fax (352) 43 37 66. E-mail: ECJ.Registry@curia.eu.int.
URL: www.curia.europa.eu.
Body responsible for mediation procedures:
The European Ombudsman, 1, avenue du Président Robert Schuman, F-67001
Strasbourg Cedex. Tel. (33) 388 17 23 13. Fax (33) 388 17 90 62. E-mail:
euro-ombudsman@europarl.eu.int. URL: www.euro-ombudsman.eu.int.
VI.3.2) Lodging of appeals: Precise information on deadline(s) for
lodging appeals:
within 2 months of the notification of the plaintiff or, in absence
thereof, of the day on which it came to knowledge. A complaint to the
European Ombudsman does not have as an effect either to suspend this
period or to open a new period for lodging appeals.
VI.4) Date of dispatch of this notice: 10.6.2008.

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